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DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE Comes to Tempest Theatre Stage At Elizabethtown College
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2018
In celebration of Black History Month, co-producers Megan Smith and Alphonso Walker Jr. present a fresh revival of Dutchman by Amiri Baraka, an emotionally charged and highly symbolic version of the Adam and Eve story. Directed by Broadway performer and director, DeMone, this production has an immersive concept, leading the audience into a recreation of the subway atmosphere and seating audience directly in the train car. The play runs February 8-11, 2018 at The Secret Theatre; tickets on sale now.
BWW Review: Go to GO BACK FOR MURDER at Oyster Mill
by Marakay Rogers - February 03, 2018
There's nothing like seeing a theatre do what it does best. When it comes to Oyster Mill, it's Agatha Christie.
Andrea Unger, Lydia McCleary, Sara Youcheff, Jessica Crowe of JANE EYRE at DreamWrights Center For Community Arts
by Andrea Stephenson - February 03, 2018
Free and self-reliant, the title character of Jane Eyre has been studied in English and Literature classes for many years. Charlotte Bronte's novel was published in 1847 and, with its elements of social critique, explorations of morality and classism, and hints toward modern feminism, Jane Eyre has found its rightful place in the canon of classic literature. Today you can find adaptations of the classic novel on the screen and stage. At DreamWrights Center for Community Arts in York, Jane Eyre comes to life on the main stage. As one of the cast members noted, 'It's definitely different from the book and any of the movies.' I had the opportunity to speak with three of the actors and the guest director prior to seeing the show. Keep reading to get a behind-the-scenes look at Jane Eyre from the perspective of these actors as well as some tidbits from my experience of opening night.
Photo Flash: The Media Theatre presents NEXT TO NORMAL
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2018
'Next to Normal' is a contemporary family drama, about a woman's struggle with mental illness, and the effects of her illness on her family. It is on at The Media Theatre now throughFebruary 25. For tickets, visit mediatheatre.org or call 610-891-0100.
Photo Flash: PRiMA Theatre presents FIRST DATE
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2018
PRiMA Theatre, a boutique theatre organization in Lancaster, presents FIRST DATE, a hilarious modern musical comedy, coming just in time for the month of Valentine's this February.
Hershey Symphony Orchestra Heats Up February With Gypsy Passion
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2018
It can be cold in February but The Hershey Symphony Orchestra's next concert, "Gypsy Passion," will warm everyone's spirit with love and adventure. The concert will be performed on Friday, February 16, 2018 at 8 p.m. at The Hershey Theatre.
Gamut Theatre Group Presents Pulitzer Prize Winning Play OUR TOWN
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2018
Gamut Theatre Group continues their 25th Anniversary Season with Our Town. Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town has been captivating and inspiring audiences for nearly a century. By deliberately chipping away at traditional theatrical devices, this play presents a humorous, touching, and intimate look at American small town life as the Gibbs and the Webb families discover, over time, they are connected in ways they never thought were possible. Through this fresh and engaging interpretation of the text, Our Town once again reminds us that nothing is quite as precious as the present moment.
Belmont Theatre Goes INTO THE WOODS
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2018
The Belmont Theatre will produce the musical "Into the Woods" on their main stage February 16-18 & 22-25. Experience the music of Stephen Sondheim as a witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with finding magical items to reverse the curse put on their family tree. They encounter a variety of fairytale characters whose wishes seem to come true by the end of Act One. Cinderella marries the prince, Jack's cow produces milk, and the baker and his wife now have a child...The consequences of their actions return to haunt them in Act Two with disastrous results as a giant enters the story and they try to unravel their now twisted fairytales. The musical won multiple Tony awards including Stephen Sondheim for best score and James Lapine for best book.
The Playhouse At Allenberry Announces The Cast Of STEEL MAGNOLIAS
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2018
Keystone Theatrics presents Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias at The Playhouse at Allenberry, April 6-14, 2018. The fifth production in the 2017-18 Mainstage Season, 'Steel Magnolias' is a glimpse into the lives of six Southern women who are 'delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel.'
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Comes to People's Light
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2018
Building on the Blaine County School District's mission of inspiring, engaging, educating and empowering every student, Company of Fools announces the 21st year of Stages of Wonder-an in-school dramatic arts program that has served as the theatre curriculum in local elementary schools since 1997.
PRiMA Theatre Presents FIRST DATE
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2018
PRiMA Theatre, a boutique theatre organization in Lancaster, has released the director and cast lineup for FIRST DATE, a hilarious modern musical comedy, coming just in time for the month of Valentine's this February.
Players Club Of Swarthmore Presents LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2018
Just in time for Valentine's Day, The Players Club of Swarthmore presents the botanical, sci-fi, musical comedy love story Little Shop of Horrors, Feb. 9-24, for 10 performances on the PCS Main Stage at 614 Fairview Ave., Swarthmore. Eddie Donlevie directs along with musical director Pat D'Amato and choreographer Emily Aaron Fishman.
York Symphony Orchestra Presents 'South Of The Border'
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2018
The York Symphony Orchestra will present South of the Border on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Appell Center for the Performing Arts in York. This is the fifth performance of the 2017-2018 season, World Tour: A Musical Voyage Around the Globe, and the third in the classical series. Single tickets starting at $9 for adults and $5 for students are available online at www.YorkSymphony.org and by calling 717-846-1111.
DreamWrights Holds Auditions For Newbery Award-Winning BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2018
On Monday and Tuesday, February 26 and 27, beginning at 6:00 pm, DreamWrights Center for Community Arts will hold auditions for Bridge to Terabithia, a play based on Katherine Paterson's Newbery Award-winning novel.  In the story, best friends Leslie and Jesse create their own imaginary kingdom in the woods to escape the realities of home and school.
Servant Stage Presents THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2018
Featuring the top hits of the 1950s and '60s, the hit musical The Marvelous Wonderettes is a musical trip down memory lane to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes: four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts!
National Traveling WWI Exhibit At Elizabethtown College Beginning 2/1
by BWW News Desk - January 29, 2018
Last year, after the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $550,000 grant to the Library of America, the organization established a two-year traveling exhibition of documents, images and interpretive texts commemorating World War I. The exhibition, which will travel to all 50 states, makes its way, this week, to Elizabethtown College, one of just 120 libraries on the tour.
SOMETHING ROTTEN is Fresh at Hershey Theatre
by Marakay Rogers - January 27, 2018
The Bottom Brothers are struggling to compete with rock star playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Can they come out on the cutting edge of the 1590s or will they stay bottom forever?
BWW Review: THE IRISH...AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY at Fulton Theatre
by Rich Mehrenberg - January 26, 2018
Only a week ago, in my review of The Mousetrap, I praised the Fulton in their decision to bring a drama back to the mainstage. I will now 'double-down', and share how much fun it was to attend a musical in their intimate fourth floor theater.
Hershey Area Playhouse Kicks Off 2018 Season With THE SECRET GARDEN
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2018
Kicking off its 2018 season, Hershey Area Playhouse is proud to present The Secret Garden, a musical based off of the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett with script and lyrics by Marsha Norman and music by Lucy Simon.
DreamWrights Welcomes New Board Members
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2018
DreamWrights Center for Community Arts is pleased to announce its new board members for 2018. Karin Swartz, Communications Director for York Country Day School, Sarah Yacoviello who works in Development at Lewis Fundraising, and Allison Meckley, Alumni Relations Coordinator for Leadership York, bring focus and expertise to the team. Three teen advisors: Sophia Nicholson, a sophomore at York Suburban High School, Hannah Alvarnaz, an 11th grader at Northeastern High School, and Cali Fife, a recent high school graduate, add the younger voices and viewpoints necessary to the mission. These new board members join returning members, Claudette Calder, Mark Evans, Tom LaForgia, Trisha Melikian, Amy Young, Allison Witherow, Jim Tyson, Stacey MacNeal, Randy Riley, Kevin Alvarnaz, and board chair, Jason Sabol.
Gettysburg Community Theatre presents Disney's SLEEPING BEAUTY
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2018
Gettysburg Community Theatre (GCT) the not-for-profit 501c3 community theatre located at 49 York Street in historic downtown Gettysburg, will present Disney's Sleeping Beauty kids with PreK 4th Grade actors at 8pm Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm Sundays February 2-18, 2018 at GCT. Tickets are $12 +tax/fees reserved seating.
Fulton Theatre Opens THE IRISH...AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2018
The nationally regarded Fulton Theatre is proud to present this jovial celebration of The Irish And How They Got That Way, January 23 now extended through February 25. Join us for a fun-filled time as we explore the ways of the Irish and how they have fit into the tapestry of America over the past 150 years.
WILLY WONKA JR. is EPAC's 2018 Kids4Kids Production
by BWW News Desk - January 23, 2018
Bring Your Golden Ticket to Willy Wonka Jr. at EPAC from 2/2/18 to 2/18/18! With words and music by Leslie Bricussse and Anthony Newley, Willy Wonka Jr. is adapted for the stage by Leslie Bricusse and Timothy A. McDonald, based on the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka Jr. is a Kids4Kids musical production based on the beloved book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
Kendrick Lamar Is Coming To Hersheypark Stadium
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2018
Kendrick Lamar is coming to Hersheypark Stadium on Saturday, June 2, 2018 at 7:30 PM. Top Dawg Entertainment announces TDE: THE CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR complete with the label's all-star roster including Kendrick Lamar, SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SiR, Lance Skiiiwalker and more to be announced.
Reading Theater Project Announces Upcoming Theater Festival
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2018
The Reading Theater Project, whose mission is to create original theater productions, will produce its third five-minute fringe theater festival Feb. 16-18, 2018, at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education, 1100 Belmont Ave., Wyomissing.

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Appell Center for the Performing Arts (2/7 - 2/7)
Banshee in Central Pennsylvania Banshee
WCR Center for the Arts (5/1 - 5/10)
It Runs In The Family in Central Pennsylvania It Runs In The Family
Christ Wesleyan Theatre Productions (6/11 - 6/13)
9 to 5: The Musical in Central Pennsylvania 9 to 5: The Musical
Act 1 DeSales University (4/23 - 5/3)
A Midsummer Night's Dream in Central Pennsylvania A Midsummer Night's Dream
DreamWrights Center for Community Arts (2/6 - 2/15)
Eurydice in Central Pennsylvania Eurydice
DreamWrights Center for Community Arts (4/24 - 5/2)
Hairspray in Central Pennsylvania Hairspray
Fulton Theatre (4/10 - 5/3)
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